Toothbrush rack



April 13 1926. 1,581,033

G.J-SNYDER TOOTHBRUSH RACK Filed Dec. 5; 1925 WVTNESSES HVVENTOR BY Wane.

ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

UNITED STATES GEORGE J. SNYDER, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSE Y.

'IOOTHBRUSH BACK.

Application filed December 5, 1923. Serial. No. 878,735.

To all whom it may OOILCGWZ.

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. Smnonn,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Toothbrush Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has relation to supporting racks and refers articularly to a rack for supporting tooth rushes.

In many bathrooms, glass shelves are provided over the lavatory or basin and it is therefore one of the objects of the resent invention to provide a tooth brus rack which includes means for engaging and gripping the edge of a glass shelf to support the rack therefrom, which means may be further employed for properly and rigidly supporting, the rack from under a molding where it is not desired to support the same from a glass shelf.

The invention furthermore contemplates a tooth brush rack which is provided with a brush supporting means for suspending the brush either from the bristled end thereof or by means of an aperture in the opposite end of the handle.

Furthermore the invention contemplates a rack provided with suspension hooks for the brushes which operate to dispose the bristles when supported by the bristled ends, outwardly and away from the shelf or attaching portion of the rack so that contact of the bristles of one brush with the next adjacent brush is obviated.

Furthermore the invention contemplates a rack which includes suspension books which are so formed as to minimize accidental displacement of the brushes therefrom.

As a still further object the invention contemplates a tooth brush rack which may be constructed from a single sheet of material whereby the simplicity of the device renders the same capable of manufacture at a low cost.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claim is expressed.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a tooth brush rack constructed in accordance with the invention and illustrating the same in applied position on a glass shelf.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view therethrough taken approximately on the line 22 of Fig. 1. i

Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view illustrating the tooth brush rack supported from a wall below a molding.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the tooth brush rack which is preferably constructed from a single sheet of material is cut and bent to provide a substantially vertical wall 10 and horizontally disposed vertically spaced clampin fingers 11 and 12, said fingers being forme by slitting the material inwardly from one edge to the wall 10 and bending the alternate strips which define the fingers 12 downwardly as at 13 and then laterally. The free ends of the fingers 12 are then bent downwardly to provide offset terminals 14 which are apertured as at 15. The lower edge of the wall 10 is provided with horizontal forwardly projecting portions 16 which are laterally slotted as at 17 to define hooked brush suspending elements 18, said elements 18 being longitudinally curved to dispose the free terminal 19 of the hook in a plane above the center and the opposite end 20 at the juncture of the portion 16 in a plane above the center whereby when the brush B is supported b its bristled end A, the bristles will project orwardly and away from the wall 10 and will be retained against accidental displacement. It is, of course, understood that the opposite end of the handle provided with an apertureC may be engaged over the hook as illustrated in Figure 1. he material from which the device is constructed has sufficient inherent resiliency to normally set up a clamping action between the fingers 11 and 12 whereby the rack may be conveniently supported from a glass or other shelf D.

Where .it is desired to support the rack from a wall E provided with a molding F, the free rear ends of the upper fingers 11 are positioned beneath the molding F and the fingers 12 are sprung upwardl to dis pose the offset terminals 14 direct y below and in contact with the under side of the molding F, screws or other suitable fastening elements G being passed throu h the o enings 15 and anchored in the we as c early illustrated in Fi 3. This arran ement will afiord a rigi supporting of t e rack.

I claim:

in u per and lower fingers projectin rearwa rdl from the wall the lower finge1 being bent ownwardly and then rearwardly from the upper edge of the wall and formed with a depending apertured terminal,a forwardly bent portion extending from the lower edge of said well, said portion being slotted laterally from one end to define a suspension hook for a brush.

GEORGE J .SNYDER. 

